Allah then said,
﴿فَلْيُقَاتِلْ﴾
(So fight) the believer with an aversion (to fighting),
﴿فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ
الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالاٌّخِرَةِ﴾
(those who trade the life of this world with the Hereafter) referring to those sell
their religion for the meager goods of the world, and they only do this because
of their disbelief and lack of faith. Allah then said;
﴿وَمَن يُقَـتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
فَيُقْتَلْ أَو يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْراً عَظِيماً﴾
(And whoever fights in the cause of Allah, and is killed or gets victory, We shall
bestow on him a great reward.) meaning, whoever fights in the cause of Allah, whether
he was killed or triumphant, he will earn an immense compensation and a great reward
with Allah. The Two Sahihs recorded,
«وَتَكَفَّلَ اللهُ لِلْمُجَاهِدِ
فِي سَبِيلِهِ، إِنْ تَوَفَّاهُ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ، أَوْ يَرْجِعَهُ إِلى
مَسْكَنِهِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ، بِمَا نَالَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَوْ غَنِيمَة»
(Allah has guaranteed the Mujahid in His cause that He will either bring death to
him, admitting into Paradise; or, He will help him return safely to his home with
whatever reward and booty he gained.)
﴿وَمَا لَكُمْ لاَ
تُقَـتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَآءِ
وَالْوِلْدَنِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَـذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ
الظَّـلِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَلْ لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنْكَ وَلِيّاً وَاجْعَلْ لَّنَا مِن
لَّدُنْكَ نَصِيراً - الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يُقَـتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ يُقَـتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ الطَّـغُوتِ فَقَـتِلُواْ أَوْلِيَاءَ الشَّيْطَـنِ
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَـنِ كَانَ ضَعِيفاً ﴾
(75. And what is wrong with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah, and for
those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry
is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for
us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help.'')
(76. Those who believe, fight in the cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight
in the cause of the Taghut. So fight against the friends of Shaytan; ever feeble
indeed is the plot of Shaytan.)